Song of the Hammer and Drill
Subtitle: The Colorado San Juan, 1860-1914
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780870815317
Subjects: American history; Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building; Local history; Mining industry; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Mines and mineral resources; Colorado - Local History; Mining Of Specific Minerals; History - U.S.; San Juan Mountains Region (Colo. and N.M.); History: American; Colorado; Europe; Mining; Industries - General; United States - State & Local - General; History; Miners; San Juan Mountains Region (Col
Description: "As one of the great mining regions of Colorado and the United States, the San Juan Mountains provide insight into the development of both the industry and the state. First published in 1982, Song of the Hammer and Drill, with the help of more than 100 historical photographs, traces the mining and urban history of the San Juans from 1860 to 1914 through the lives of the people who opened, settled, and developed the beautiful but rugged mineral-rich peaks of southwestern Colorado."--BOOK JACKET.